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Community members who reach Level 5 in the community can create User Tips to share knowledge about Apple products. Check out this User Tip created by Jack-19: Use an external SSD as your startup disk with your iMac or Mac mini
i want to transfer content from an external hard drive to a new iMac. Not sure how to go about it. I see my back up on Finder. but when i try to drag files across and open them, it wont let me as it says this modification is not allowed on a backup option
iMac 27", macOS 10.14
Is the external HD used for Time Machine? If so then you should connect the drive to your Mac and open Time Machine. In theTM preferences select that drive.
Now you can use Migration Assistant to bring over your user account and data from the TM backup to your new iMac.
Is the external HD used for Time Machine? If so then you should connect the drive to your Mac and open Time Machine. In theTM preferences select that drive.
Now you can use Migration Assistant to bring over your user account and data from the TM backup to your new iMac.
Thank you so much. I will try that.
You will find Migration Assistant in Applications - Utilities - Migration Assistant. Connect your Time Machine backup from the old Mac to the new one via a USB cable then launch MA and follow the on-screen prompts.
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